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♪ NOW, THE RIDE OF PAUL REVERE ♪

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♪♪ AND THE SHOT AT LEXINGTON HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD ♪♪

♪ WHEN THE BRITISH FIRED IN THE EARLY DAWN ♪

♪♪ THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE HAD BEGUN ♪

♪ THE DIE WAS CAST THE REBEL FLAG UNFURLED ♪

♪ AND ON TO CONCORD MARCHED THE FOE ♪

♪ TO SEIZE THE ARSENAL THERE YOU KNOW ♪

♪ WAKIN' FOLKS AND SEARCHIN' ALL AROUND ♪

♪ 'TIL OUR MILITIA STOPPED THEM IN THEIR TRACKS ♪

♪ AT THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE WE TURNED 'EM BACK ♪

♪ AND CHASED THOSE REDCOATS BACK TO BOSTON TOWN ♪♪

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♪ AND THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD ♪

♪ WAS THE START OF THE REVOLUTION ♪♪

♪ THE MINUTEMEN WERE READY ON THE MOVE ♪

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♪ REPORT TO GENERAL WASHINGTON ♪

♪ HURRY, MEN THERE'S NOT AN HOUR TO LOSE ♪

♪♪ NOW, AT FAMOUS BUNKER HILL ♪

♪ EVEN THOUGH WE LOST IT WAS QUITE A THRILL ♪

♪ THE REBEL COLONEL PRESCOTT PROVED HE WAS WISE ♪

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♪ OUTNUMBERED AND LOW ON AMMUNITION AS THE BRITISH STORMED HIS POSITION ♪

♪ HE SAID "HOLD YOUR FIRE 'TIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES" ♪

♪ THOUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS WERE ROUGH ♪

♪♪ GENERAL WASHINGTON'S MEN PROVED THEY WERE TOUGH ♪♪

♪ THOSE HUNGRY, RAGGED BOYS WOULD NOT BE BEAT ♪

♪ ONE NIGHT THEY CROSSED THE DELAWARE ♪

♪ SURPRISED THE HESSIANS IN THEIR LAIR ♪

♪ AND AT VALLEY FORGE THEY JUST BUNDLED UP THEIR FEET ♪

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♪♪ NOW THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD ♪

♪ WAS THE START OF THE REVOLUTION ♪

♪ THE MINUTEMEN WERE READY ON THE MOVE ♪

♪ TAKE YOUR BLANKET TAKE YOUR SON ♪♪

♪ REPORT TO GENERAL WASHINGTON ♪

♪ WE'VE GOT OUR RIGHTS AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PROVE ♪

♪ WELL, THEY SHOWED SUCH DETERMINATION ♪

♪ THAT THEY WON THE ADMIRATION ♪

♪ OF COUNTRIES ACROSS THE SEA LIKE FRANCE AND SPAIN ♪

♪ WHO LOANED THE COLONIES SHIPS AND GUNS ♪

♪ AND PUT THE BRITISH ON THE RUN ♪

♪ AND THE CONTINENTAL ARMY ON ITS FEET AGAIN ♪

♪ AND THOUGH THEY LOST SOME BATTLES TOO, THE AMERICANS SWORE THEY'D SEE IT THROUGH ♪

♪ THEIR RAIDING PARTIES KEPT UP HIT AND RUN ♪

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♪ AT YORKTOWN THE BRITISH COULD NOT RETREAT ♪

♪ BOTTLED UP BY WASHINGTON AND THE FRENCH FLEET ♪

♪ CORNWALLIS SURRENDERED AND FINALLY WE HAD WON ♪

THE WINNER !

[ People Shouting ] HURRAY !

♪ FROM THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD ♪♪

♪ TO THE END OF THE REVOLUTION ♪♪

♪ THE CONTINENTAL RABBLE TOOK THE DAY ♪

♪ AND THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY BEAT THE BRITISH THERE AT YORKTOWN ♪

♪ AND BROUGHT FREEDOM TO YOU AND ME AND THE U.S.A. ♪

♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪

♪ LET FREEDOM RING ♪♪

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